salary
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SEW chief executive David Hinton - who earns a base salary of £400,000 and received a £115,000 bonus last year - has faced multiple calls to resign over what happened.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Their average annual salary is about $35,000 — although the jobs typically include health benefits for union members and their immediate family.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
Among those willing to pay for it, workers would be willing to pay up to 11% of their salary for training.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
Brase, 58 years old, will receive an annual base salary of $1.15 million and an annual bonus with a target of 150% of his base pay, Conagra said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
For his first ten years at Yale he didn’t even bother to draw a salary.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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